That meant a postponement from January 19 to February 23 and Alexander, 25, recognised that Brook will pose him a challenge when they finally meet but stressed that it would not be a genuine one.

"I've watched the tapes of his fights," Alexander said. "My coach studied the tapes too and we don't see anything special. He's a tough fighter, a tough kid, but we'll be ready.

"He's good, he's hungry, he's young, just like me. But he doesn't have the tools I have to beat me. My skills are way better.

"There are no real names on his record, in his career he hasn't fought anybody like me at all.
The one test that he did have was Carson Jones and he was fighting for his life at the end of that fight."